%0 Journal Article %T Overusing laboratory tests: more advantages or drawbacks? %A Montagnana, Martina %A Lippi, Giuseppe %J Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! Overusing laboratory tests: more advantages or drawbacks? %K %X After decades of accumulating evidence, the inappropriate use of laboratory services has now become a well-known critical issue. An interesting survey, just recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine (1), describes some interesting aspects concerning the prescription attitudes and the overuse of inpatient laboratory testing in a large American cancer center (i.e., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA). %U https://jlpm.amegroups.org/article/view/3701 %V 2 %P %@ 2519-9005